One third of staff at risk of redundancy from Bracknell Forest Council have been redeployed to other roles, however youth workers at three borough centres are facing the axe.

The council has confirmed 46 staff will be made redundant in this financial year, at a cost of £727,576 to the taxpayer.

The move will save the council £1.3 million.

The council had earmarked 66 jobs for redundancy, including staff from the home care team and Ladybank care home in Birch Hill, which councillors voted to close in February. However, an expansion at Bridgewell Centre in Birch Hill to develop rehabilitation programmes and other developments in the adult social care team means 18 care employees were redeployed.

Elsewhere, two employees were not eligible for redundancy; one was dismissed and the other was a casual worker.

The redeployment means there was a reduction of 30 per cent from the initial redundancies proposed, saving £192,072 in redundancy costs.

In children’s services, the council voted to close three youth centres earlier this month as part of plans to save £250,000 from the youth budget.

North Ascot, Whitegrove and Edgbarrow centres are earmarked to close in the summer and 15 part-time youth workers employed at the centres will no longer be needed from the end of June.

The council’s personnel committee is due to approve a report about the deletion of the roles, which also include the axing of one vacant full-time youth worker role.

The council does have some vacant youth worker roles at other youth centres in the borough and will work to redeploy staff to these in the coming weeks.